Detachable handle for vessels



'1. s. KmBY. DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR .VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1921- Pand Juge 13, 1922.

irl-STATES JOHN J. KIRBY, OF SUSA-NVILLE, CALIFGRNIA.

DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR VESSELS.

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Application filed June 2, 1921. serial No. 474,514.

To @ZZ fio/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN J. KIRBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Susanville, in the county of Lassen and State of California,halve invented certain new and useful improvements in Detachable Handlesfor Vessels; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient handlefor use in connection with cooking and like culinary vessels such aspans, kettles and the like which, being constructed separately from thevessel, and adapted to be removed therefrom during the time that thevessel is on the stove or duringthe cooking operation, is readilyapplicable to the same when it is desired to move, lift or remove thevessel from the stove, and which may not only be attached and detachedwith facility and without loss of time, but which when secured in placeis locked against any reasonable possibility of accidental removalinvolving the dropping of the vessel; and with these objects in View theinvention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which apreferred embodiment is shown in the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of a handle embodying the invention applied in theoperative position to a cookingvessel.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectionalview on the line 3 3 of Figure 2,showing the locking bolts in their extended position.

Figure 4 is a view somewhat similar to Figure 3 showing the lockingbolts in their retracted position and showing parts of the rear wall ofthe bearing member.

The handle consists essentially of a grip portion 10, having a head 11provided with a depending bearing plate or member 12 which is adaptedfor reception by a. keeper 13, which is permanently secured in place byrivets 14 or the equivalent thereof to a vessel indicated at 15, saidkeeper being provided at its lower edge with a forwardly .directedbearing seat 1G for the reception of the transverse bearing portion 17of a looped obliquely disposed brace 18 extending downwardly andinwardly from the handle adjacent to the inner end of the grip portionthereof.

rihe bearing member 12 is hollow, being provided with a removable outeror rear wall 19 secured in place by swaged lugs 2O or theJ equivalentthereof, and within the cavity of the bearing member, which thusconstitutes a casing, are arranged transversely movable locking members21 of looped form with the extremities thereof directed laterally toform locking bolts 22 extending through guide openings 23 in the sidewalls of the casing 12 for engagement with registering openings 24; inthe end walls of the keeper 13. These locking members are connected bylinks 25 with a plunger 26 reciprocably mounted in the casingrepresented by the bearing member, having a reduced lower end 27 fittedin a guide 28 in the casing, and connected at its upper end with anoperating member 29 consisting of a lever fulcrumed at 30 and providedwith an actuating spring 31. In the construction illustrated theextremity of the lever is bifurcated as indicated at 32 to engage ahead. 33 on the upper' end of the plunger and when the plunger is in itsdepressed position the locking members are held separated or spread tomaintain the terminal locking members or bolts thereof inextendedposition for engagement with the openings 24 in the end walls ofthe keeper so as to lock the handle to the vessel. To disengage thehandle and remove it from the vessel, it is only necessary to depressthe free rear or outer end of the operating lever 29 which is locatedwithin convenient reach of the thumb of a hand grasping the grip portion10 of the handle, to thereby retract or withdraw the locking members todisengage the bolt members or elements thereof from the keeper. Thebearing member may then be slidingly removed from the keeper. The rearor outer end of the handle is preferably provided with a fork 34; as ameans of removing the tops or covers of cooking vessels to avoid thenecessity of using` a cloth or other separate device for that purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A detachable handle for cooking vessels having a keeper secured toand carried by the vessel, a grip portion provided with a terminaldepending bearing member for engagement with said keeper, transverselymovable locking members mounted upon the bearing member for engagementwith openings in the end walls ol the keeper, a plunger operativelyconnected With said locking members for effecting the extension andretraction thereoi", and an operating lever connected withV the plungerand' terminally arranged Within convenient reach oi' the hanelle grip.

2. A detachable handle for cooking vessels having a keeper secured toand carried by the vessel, a grip portion provided with a terminaldepending bearing member tor engagement with said keeper, transverselymovable locking members mounted upon the bearing member Ytor engagementwith openings in the end walls ot the keeper, a plunger' operativelyconnected with said locking members tor effecting the extension andretraction thereof, and an operating lever connected with the plungerand termi nally arranged within convenient reach ot the handle grip, theoperating lever being spring actuated to yieldingly hold the same andthe elements connected therewith in an adjusted position.

3. A detachable handle for cooking ves-V sels having a keeper secured toand carried bythe vessel, .a grip portion provided with a terminaldepending bearing member for engagement with said keeper, transverselymovable locking members mounted upon the bearing member for engagementwith openings in the end walls of the keeper, a plunger operativelyconnected with said locking members 'for effecting the extension andretraction thereof, and an operating lever connected With the plungerand terminally arranged vvithin convenient reach of the handie grip, theoperating lever being spring actuated to retain the locking members intheir extended and engaging position.

4. A detachable handle for cooking vessels having a keeper' secured toand carried by the vessel, agrip portion provided With a terminaldependingv bearing member for engagement with said keeper, transverselymovable locking members mounted upon the bearing member'lior engagementWith open- It detachable handle t'or cooking -vessels comprising akeeper carried by the ves sel, a grip portion provided with a terminalbearing member 'tor engagement with said keeper, locking` membersmounted upon the bearing member for engagement'ivith the keeper, aplunger rmeratively connectedwith said locking members for effecting theextension and retraction thereot,'and an operating lever connected withthe plunger and terminally arranged Within convenient reach or thehandle grip.

ln testimony Whereo'tl l affix my signature in presence oi twoWitnesses.

Y JUHN J'. KIRBY. lVitnesses J. PARDUE, R. M. HARDY.

or effecting the extension and re-

